I hate having a messy iTunes library, so I always categorize tracks into one of the nine categories below, or into jazz. I also like to arrange things so that all tracks by a given artist fall within one genre. Outside of jazz though, I don't really think too hard about how an artist gets classified, so what you think of as Country, I might call Rock/Pop, what you call Blues, I call Folk, etc. Labels are arbitrary, we get the point. Here goes:
Blues
- You Do Me Any Old Way - Big Bill Broonzy - In Chicago 1932/1937
- Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho - Josh White - Josh White Vol. 5 (1944)
- Cornbread, Peas And Black Molasses - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee - An Introduction To Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
- Whiskey Makes Me Mean - Gerry Hundt - Since Way Back (We're friends with Gerry and his wife, who's a swing dancer. Gerry's an awesome musician in the Chicago area. Here's his MySpace page.)
- Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall - The Deep River Boys - London Harmony
- The Blues Ain't Nothin' But - Georgia White - Georgia White Vol. 3 1937-1939 (Great vocal, GREAT lyrics.)
- Your Average Kind of Guy - Dr. John - Dr John Plays Mac Rebennack, The Legendary Sessions
- Suite for viola and orchestra - Yuri Gandelsman, Slovak Radio Orchestra - Bloch: Israel Symphony; Suite For Viola and Orchestra
- Symphony No. 9 in E minor From The New World, Op. 95 - Czech Philharmonic Orchestra - Dvorak: Symphonies Nos 7-9
- Symphony No. 2 in D major op.43 - Philadelphia Orchestra - Sibelius: Symphonies No. 2 & No.7
- Beethoven: Cello Sonata #3 In A, Op. 69 - Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy - Beethoven: Cello Sonatas
- IV. Allegro - Pablo Casals - Brahms: Sextet No. 1, Piano Trio No. 1
- My Window Faces the South - The Time Jumpers - Jumpin' Time (I heard this band in Nashville, at the Station Inn. They play classic western swing.)
- Struck It Rich - Town Mountain - Heroes And Heretics (Heard these guys in Nashville too. They play bluegrass, including many original songs.)
- Move It On Over - Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues
- San Antonio Girl - Lyle Lovett - Anthology Volume One
- Miss Molly - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys - The Essential Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room - Merle Haggard - The Essential Merle Haggard
- Maybe Sparrow - Neko Case - Live from Austin, Texas
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Patsy Cline - Golden Hits
- The Littlest Birds - Be Good Tanyas - Blue Horse
- That'll Be A Better Day - The Old Crow Medicine Show - Eutaw
- Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe - Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
- Wagon Wheel - The Old Crow Medicine Show - O.C.M.S. (We love singing along to Old Crow Medicine Show on car rides.)
- When The Saints Go Marching In - Wycliffe Gordon - In The Cross
- Didn't It Rain - Lavern Baker - Precious Memories / LaVern Sings Bessie Smith
- Jesus Hits Like The Atom Bomb - The Soul Stirrers - Shine On Me
- Move Somewhere - The Swan Silvertones - Singin' In My Soul / Blessed Assurance
- Come To Jesus - Mahalia Jackson - Oh, My Lord
- No Diggity - Blackstreet & Dr. Dre - Another Level
- You Don't See Us - The Roots - Things Fall Apart (Yes, I was in college, and bought a Roots album once.)
- Bowtie (Featuring Sleepy Brown & Jazze Pha) - Outkast - Speakerboxxx
- Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor - Stax Gold
- Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - Al Green - Greatest Hits
- You Beat Me To The Punch - Mary Wells - Motown: The Classic Years
- Good Good Loving - The Simms Twins - Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 - 1965 (Disc 2)
- (Mama)-He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown - Rockin' In Rhythm - Best Of
- How Do I Let a Good Man Down - Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings - Naturally
- Youth Culture Killed My Dog - They Might Be Giants - They Might Be Giants
- Before You Accuse Me - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Creedence Country
- Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
- Nothing Matters When We're Dancing - The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs
- Rain King - Counting Crows - August & Everything After
- Peggy Day - Bob Dylan - Nashville Skyline
- Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes - White Blood Cells
- Hold On - Tom Waits - Mule Variations
- Tristeza, Separacion - Astor Piazzolla - Astor Piazzolla Key Works 1984-1989
- Mami Me Gusto - Ibrahim Ferrer - Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer
- Miyaabele - Baaba Maal - Missing You (Mi Yeewnii)
- Jigi Jigi Isapa - King Sunny Ade - Odu (My uncle gave me a KSA tape back in the '80's, and I've been a fan since.)
- Youth And Pleasure Polka - Vrazel - Golden Sounds (This is from my polka-dancing grandma.)
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